Refugee Boy

Two countries at war - Ethiopia and Eritrea. Alem's father is Ethiopian and his mother is Eritrean. Caught in the middle, they are enemies of both sides. To save Alem's life his father takes him to London and leaves, without telling him, in the middle of the night. Alem is in the hands of the Refugee council and British justice system. But the war is not over for Alem...

BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH

Teen & Young Adult

Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA

Talk to the Snail

CLARKE, STEPHEN

Last Things

Literature & Fiction

Offill, Jenny

Contemporary

Ben has a wobbly tooth and is trying to sleep when, one by one, his room fills with a succession of noisy visitors, from a mouthy tooth fairy and a singing Sandman to a feeble ghost and the Thing-Under-the-Bed. The simple, funny text and bright illustrations make this book perfect for young readers. Age 3+

Busy Night

Collins, Ross

Alice/Looking-Glass Box-Set

CARROLL, LEWIS

One day John Freyer decided to sell everything he owned on the internet. He invited his friends over to tag all the possessions in his apartment, and he systematically put them up for sale on eBay. An unopened box of taco shells, half a bottle of mouthwash, almost all of his clothes, his records, his sideburns (in a plastic bag), his family's Christmas presents (not yet given), furniture: John didn't let sentiment or utility stand in his way. Soon his belongings were sold all over the world, with a bag of Porky's BBQ Pork Skins making its way to Japan, and a chair ending up in the Museum of Modern Art. With almost all the objects in his life now gone, he started th second phase of his journey: to visit his onetime possessions in their new homes. All My Life for Sale is an extraordinary book that functions as an autobiography, a travel narrative, and a meditation on what the objects we own actually mean to us and what happens when we set them free. Designed by the author himself, it is visually striking, surprisingly moving, and will change the way you look at the things that surround you.

All My Life for Sale

Freyer, John

The Ladies of Grace Adieu and other stories - bk1637; Bloomsbury; Susanna Clarke; pocket_book; 2007

The Ladies of Grace Adieu

Clarke, Susanna

When Ceri Levy asked Ralph Steadman to produce one piece of art representing an extinct bird for a recent exhibition, Ghosts of Gone Birds, Ralph said 'yes'. Then 'yes' again ... and again ... and again. An astonishing 100 paintings later, Extinct Boids was born. Ralph got carried away by the birds, taking Ceri with him ... this book details the discoveries they made on their travels through the savage seas of extinction. After stumbling on the previously hidden Toadstool Island, where the extinct birds of the world live on in secretive harmony, the duo spent nearly a year in close proximity to a host of fantastical avian creatures. Ralph documents them all in this series of remarkable paintings, featuring unique interpretations of well-known birds such as the Great Auk, Passenger Pigeon and Dodo, along with less familiar members of the feathersome firmament - Snail-eating Coua, for example, or the Red-moustached Fruit Dove - and a variety of bizarre beasts including the Gob Swallow, the Long-legged Shortwing and the Needless Smut. All are captured in a riot of expression and colour, with a slice of trademark Steadman humour. Based on emails, diary entries and phone conversations, Ceri's accompanying text provides a running commentary, detailing the unfolding madness behind the creation of each piece in Ralph's extraordinary work. Things got tough as the pair discovered just how many amazing birds have been lost from our world forever. "But," as Ralph said "it did, after all, make a nice change from drawing politicians". Bloomsbury is proud to publish this unique title.

Ralph Steadman's Extinct Boids

Humor & Entertainment

RALPH STEADMAN

Humor

Coventry: Thursday, 14 November 1940

TAYLOR, FREDERICK

In this charming book, Morabito presents us with a collection of clever, funny, and ultimately profound prose pieces on tools and their very different characters. Paul Eluard's well-known remark "There are other worlds, but they're all in this one" borrows from a tradition that supposes the co-existence and simultaneity of different planes of creation. It is from this starting point that Fabio Morabito has written about tools common to every man: the hammer, the screw, the file, the sponge, etc. but with ingenious insight to each of their very specific and glorious characters. Toolbox is a work like no other, playfully examining the role each tool plays and the place each has in the world. These essays beg to be read aloud as they manipulate language as a tool in and of itself with hilarious results. Fantastical line drawings interpreting the various qualities of each tool make this a perfect gift for any tool-user or tool-lover.

Toolbox

Fabio Morábito

Essays & Correspondence

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